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the polls have really tighten add lot. the last debate, the first debate with romney and obama really upended the opportunities for us in ohio. so you're seeing that. they're on the offense and it's interesti interesting. you u saw the obama campaign announce that clinton and springsteen are going to be campaigning for them in ohio. to me that seems they have to pull out the big guns now to not seat any ground. >> i mean governor romney, this is his fourth day in a row in ohio. i think both campaigns have been pretty clear how important the buckeye state is. i'll ask is there a path to 270 for you guys without ohio? >> look. i don't think they've written ohio out or excuse me off. it's still their path to 270. that's why they're there. because there's excitement on the ground there. you're seeing vol -- >> can you win the presidency without ohio? >> yes. i believe so. i've not done the private polling. look what they're doing. they wouldn't be there if this wasn't a winnable state for them. one of the things you should loo
the polls have really tighten add lot. the last debate, the first debate with romney and obama really upended the opportunities for us in ohio. so you're seeing that. they're on the offense and it's interesti interesting. you u saw the obama campaign announce that clinton and springsteen are going to be campaigning for them in ohio. to me that seems they have to pull out the big guns now to not seat any ground. >> i mean governor romney, this is his fourth day in a row in ohio. i think...
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we've also seen widening polls in north carolina, where romney's ahead. with that being said, the victory centers remain open, and the ground game is very strong at this point. we're seeing very strong early voting as well in north carolina. and so i really do think that governor romney and his staff is going to beat president in north carolina as well, but as in every campaign, you're allocating resources to different states and it changes week by week. >> but might it be more about ohio, as ohio has become even more important? >> well, ohio's very important, wisconsin. we're seeing in pennsylvania, there was one poll that just came out that showed that romney was ahead by a few points. so, again, there's all these different battleground states in play at this point. >> so they may have shifted scenarios here at this point, saying, things are looking closer in ohio, let's rejigger. >> you have to civil right for every vote, and part of it is allocating these resources. when you have to invest resources in different areas, at this point in north carolina,
we've also seen widening polls in north carolina, where romney's ahead. with that being said, the victory centers remain open, and the ground game is very strong at this point. we're seeing very strong early voting as well in north carolina. and so i really do think that governor romney and his staff is going to beat president in north carolina as well, but as in every campaign, you're allocating resources to different states and it changes week by week. >> but might it be more about...
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earlier we talked about the polls and mitt romney on the move. mitt romney spent 90 minutes on the stage lying about everything he claimed to stand for prior to the debate. he lied about his tax plan, he lied about his health care plan, he lied about medicare and medicaid and social security, he lied about deregulation, he lied about jobs, he lied about education. think about this. after campaigning for 18 months on a tax plan for the job creators there that will reduce their taxes 20% on personal income, cut capital gains taxes and business taxes, romney stood on stage with president obama and denied all of that. he told the american people that he really didn't have a plan, which my friends, is completely a 180. after saying it, every campaign stop for 18 months that he would repeal obama care on day one, he stood before the american people and said his plan would take care of preexisting conditions. after the debate, his campaign admitted it would not. romney says his health care plan, which passed in massachusetts, would be good for states. b
earlier we talked about the polls and mitt romney on the move. mitt romney spent 90 minutes on the stage lying about everything he claimed to stand for prior to the debate. he lied about his tax plan, he lied about his health care plan, he lied about medicare and medicaid and social security, he lied about deregulation, he lied about jobs, he lied about education. think about this. after campaigning for 18 months on a tax plan for the job creators there that will reduce their taxes 20% on...
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but recent polls show mitt romney is closing the gap, ra perhaps helped by paul ryan's prepares on his ticket. paul ryan is in florida today focusing on the economy. >> here is the problem. we don't need sugar high economics. we don't need synthetic money creation. we need economic growth. we want wealth creation. we don't want to print money. we want opportunity and growth. >> one more note here about wisconsin. a judge there has struck down much of the state law championed by governor scott walker that virtually ended collective war beginning rights for most public workers. the law however remains largely in effect for state workers, but not for city, count city and school workers. the state will appeal the decision. we'll have more on these stories in the next two hours. >>> now more on that big labor win in wisconsin, want to bring in the panel. bob cusack, edward isaac, and katherine rampelt. good afternoon to all of you. katherine, the law still remain intact for state worker, but a win for city, county and school workers. what does the ruling mean for the union movement as a who
but recent polls show mitt romney is closing the gap, ra perhaps helped by paul ryan's prepares on his ticket. paul ryan is in florida today focusing on the economy. >> here is the problem. we don't need sugar high economics. we don't need synthetic money creation. we need economic growth. we want wealth creation. we don't want to print money. we want opportunity and growth. >> one more note here about wisconsin. a judge there has struck down much of the state law championed by...
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mitt romney is running behind in the polls. he needs to bring his a game tomorrow night. does he has have a game? romney has an uphill climb on his hands. no doubt about it. the comments about the 47% has done some real damage to the campaign. >> that infamous piece of tape is being given analysis by the american people. >> that infamous piece of tape is being given analysis by the american people. the latest poll shows just 23% of likely voters say romney's comments made them think more positively about the candidate. 45% said it made them feel more negatively about mitt romney. romney senior adviser ed gillespie said they are expecting the 47% remark to come up in tomorrow's debate and is prepared to answer it and address it. we believe the voters will see and appreciate the fact that what governor romney's talking about would improve the quality of life for 100% of americans. joining me tonight is msnbc political analyst richard wolffe and host of "now with alex wagner", alex wagner. congratulations on your show. it's really taken off. >> thank you, ed. >> there's dama
mitt romney is running behind in the polls. he needs to bring his a game tomorrow night. does he has have a game? romney has an uphill climb on his hands. no doubt about it. the comments about the 47% has done some real damage to the campaign. >> that infamous piece of tape is being given analysis by the american people. >> that infamous piece of tape is being given analysis by the american people. the latest poll shows just 23% of likely voters say romney's comments made them think...
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another thing that comes lou in our poll. the romney can't connect, romney can't do this. i have an alternative theory. he is dragged down by the image of the republican party. it has not been good since he announced his -- this is, okay, romney is not the most charismatic guy. i don't know if the most charismatic guy that could overcome the negative weight of the brand of the raep party right now. it is very tough. and the same way the president's dragging around the weight that is the mediocre to nonexistent economic recovery, which i think is a larger weight to carry, mitt romney's carrying around the weight of an unpopular brand. >> here's the president's message on medicare, apparently scoring higher than romney's in the msnbc poll. the nbc poll, "the wall street journal" poll showed half of registered voter agreed with obama that changing medicare the way ryan has suggested is a bad idea. only 34% agreed with what romney said on medicare. it seems to me that medicare has become the magnet, the lightening rod of this decision. discussion. it looks like they like the w
another thing that comes lou in our poll. the romney can't connect, romney can't do this. i have an alternative theory. he is dragged down by the image of the republican party. it has not been good since he announced his -- this is, okay, romney is not the most charismatic guy. i don't know if the most charismatic guy that could overcome the negative weight of the brand of the raep party right now. it is very tough. and the same way the president's dragging around the weight that is the...
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the latest polls show romney with a slight lead over santorum in illinois. santorum maintains he will be the republican nominee arguing that romney is too similar to the man republicans are trying to replace. >> the more i look at the record of governor romney and match it up against barack obama i feel like i'm doing a training run for the general election. the same issues i'm campaigning on are the same i'll campaign against barack obama on, the government overreach in health care and cap and trade trying to control the manufacturing and energy sector of the economy and, of course, you know, the bailouts, all of these things are, you know, unfortunately governor romney and barack obama are in the same place. >> but romney is using a similar line of attack against santorum. during a campaign stop in illinois romney accused santorum and the president of being weak on the issue of the economy. >> i'm convinced that america is going to have the best chance of replacing an economic lightweight if we nominate an economic heavyweight. now, there's some other good
the latest polls show romney with a slight lead over santorum in illinois. santorum maintains he will be the republican nominee arguing that romney is too similar to the man republicans are trying to replace. >> the more i look at the record of governor romney and match it up against barack obama i feel like i'm doing a training run for the general election. the same issues i'm campaigning on are the same i'll campaign against barack obama on, the government overreach in health care and...
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one poll shows santorum ahead of romney in that state. a defeat would not jest be embarrassing, but politico says ted by a mortgage at blow. it's also broadband questioned by ron paul, which weather forced one county to postpone its voting. and the straw poll victory may have been rigged. >> for years ron paul has won those, because he just trucks in a lot of people, pays for their ticket, they make their vote, and they leave. >> we don't do that. i don't try to rig straw polls -- >> do you think governor romney -- >> i think there was some unhappiness at the announcement. >>> mark murray joins us. do you think he rigged it? he says, you have to ask the campaign. is this sour grapes or based anywhere in fact, mark? >> tamron, every straw 308 that i have ever covered, there are -- that ames straw poll that all of us followed heavily back in august, everyone was offered free food, free transportation to go. there's always some type of rigging involved. the people usually complaining are the ones who did not win. what's surprising, however,
one poll shows santorum ahead of romney in that state. a defeat would not jest be embarrassing, but politico says ted by a mortgage at blow. it's also broadband questioned by ron paul, which weather forced one county to postpone its voting. and the straw poll victory may have been rigged. >> for years ron paul has won those, because he just trucks in a lot of people, pays for their ticket, they make their vote, and they leave. >> we don't do that. i don't try to rig straw polls --...
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they say that mitt romney's message of the economy is winning here. polls do reflect that. obama though however is winning on the trust issue. the big question in iowa is that of early voting. as of today, democrats have a $65,000, 65,000 voter advantage in terms of early voting. that is very important because in 2008, john mccain beat president obama in terms of voters who voted on election day. bush did the same thing to kerry. kerry in '04 was leading the early ballot and bush was able to win on election day with the republican voters. it's going to be a very interesting might. let's talk more about the big ten fire wall with ron mott in wisconsin. >> good morning to you. well, president obama and governor romney have gone head to head and toe to toe here in wisconsin. the president was here on friday. governor romney was here on saturday and on friday in ohio, the president said voting is the best revenge and a lot of democrats might be headed out to the polls tomorrow with revenge on their minds because what happened here five months ago. they came out on the shorthand
they say that mitt romney's message of the economy is winning here. polls do reflect that. obama though however is winning on the trust issue. the big question in iowa is that of early voting. as of today, democrats have a $65,000, 65,000 voter advantage in terms of early voting. that is very important because in 2008, john mccain beat president obama in terms of voters who voted on election day. bush did the same thing to kerry. kerry in '04 was leading the early ballot and bush was able to...
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you have some polls indicating the president is is around 73%. mitt romney is around 23%. you have cuban-americans, poeueo ricans. you have this interesting dynamic formulating here, but overall when you look at nevada, for example, where foreclosures are up, the housing market is still struggling, unemployment up, the president could win nevada because of the latino vote there. >> that's true. i'll be honest with you, tamron. we've had this discussion before. i think my party is having a difficult time with the hispanic population, particularly in certain key areas. it's incumbent to make sure over the next several cycles we do everything we can to reach out to voters and talk about our shared interests and shared values and our shared principles. in this particular election i know that the economy and jobs the way hispanic families are hurting within this economy is what they take into account. it may not help us get to the point where we have a lion's share of the vote to help us win in certain key states, but it's the discussion we're having and move inning that direct
you have some polls indicating the president is is around 73%. mitt romney is around 23%. you have cuban-americans, poeueo ricans. you have this interesting dynamic formulating here, but overall when you look at nevada, for example, where foreclosures are up, the housing market is still struggling, unemployment up, the president could win nevada because of the latino vote there. >> that's true. i'll be honest with you, tamron. we've had this discussion before. i think my party is having a...
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gallup's daily tracking poll shows the president with a three-point lead over mitt romney. that poll includes responses given before and after the debate. take a look at this. gallup's job approval poll taken entirely after the debate. 48% say they approve of the job the president's doing while 46% disapprove. before the debate, gallup had the president's approval rating at 54%. 42% disapproval. more on these stories throughout the next hour. president obama and his campaign might have broken a fundraising record last month, but he's still in fundraising mode, as i mentioned a few moments ago. president obama will land in los angeles where he will be attending a star-studded concert this afternoon followed by a $25,000 a plate dinner tonight. he'll end the evening at a private event with former president bill clinton and a dozen of his top donors. it's the latest in a series of trips to tinsel town to raise money. joining me now is our nbc white house correspondent. we've been talking about it all weekend. president obama's record setting fundraising total for last month. $
gallup's daily tracking poll shows the president with a three-point lead over mitt romney. that poll includes responses given before and after the debate. take a look at this. gallup's job approval poll taken entirely after the debate. 48% say they approve of the job the president's doing while 46% disapprove. before the debate, gallup had the president's approval rating at 54%. 42% disapproval. more on these stories throughout the next hour. president obama and his campaign might have broken a...
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every non-romney candidate have him down in the polls. it dupts look so good. voters get confused twheen and romney. the interesting thing is that romney did what he had to do in the year, in the months and years up to iowa this year to sort of win over the right. i really bet that he and the rest of his crew thought it would be over quickly. as people were paying attention, particularly independents and nondie hard republicans, then there's a subtle way, but this is getting drawn out because of super pacs and because he couldn't pull it off. again and again it's dragging on, this back and forth flip-flop. the longer this goes on, the harder he'sgoing to have making that sale that he's really not as extreme to those independent to the middle of the road voters. >> we have some shocking numbers from a university of cincinnati poll. santorum carrying women voters by almost 20 points. i have to repeat that, 20 points. can you explain that? why would women rush to support rick santorum given what he said in the last two weeks? >> i lived in ohio for a little while
every non-romney candidate have him down in the polls. it dupts look so good. voters get confused twheen and romney. the interesting thing is that romney did what he had to do in the year, in the months and years up to iowa this year to sort of win over the right. i really bet that he and the rest of his crew thought it would be over quickly. as people were paying attention, particularly independents and nondie hard republicans, then there's a subtle way, but this is getting drawn out because...
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the problem for mitt romney, though, is that no matter how close the national polls are, we know this is not a national election. he has to run the table and he has to run the table in the battleground states, the president doesn't have to run the table. he's got a bank of electoral votes that already have him ahead of states that he will win -- that already has him ahead of mitt romney. ohio is looking strong. wisconsin is looking strong. iowa is trending -- is trending our way, nevada i think is very much trending our way. and we win those states, we win the presidency. and mitt romney has to run the table. and the problem is that there's a lack of enthusiasm among undecided voters in these states because they don't trust his policies and they don't want to go back to the policies that failed us in the bush administration. >> well, obviously, brad, the romney campaign disagrees with you and let me talk specifically about ohio because there's this memo from the romney cam main in ohio and here's what it says, a steady upward trajectory among key voting blocs shows a close race but on
the problem for mitt romney, though, is that no matter how close the national polls are, we know this is not a national election. he has to run the table and he has to run the table in the battleground states, the president doesn't have to run the table. he's got a bank of electoral votes that already have him ahead of states that he will win -- that already has him ahead of mitt romney. ohio is looking strong. wisconsin is looking strong. iowa is trending -- is trending our way, nevada i think...
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and according to the same poll, romney's up three in virginia. 48-44. those three states look a little different than other recent polls we've seen from those same states. so keep looking for these numbers. in colorado, by the way, the purple poll has president obama ahead 49-46. finally in new hampshire, university of new hampshire poll puts obama in front 49-46. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." mitt romney has moved to the right on abortion since his days of running for governor of massachusetts. but his vp pic is even more so. i'll say. in 2010 he told the weekend standard i'm as pro-life as a person gets. then last year paul ryan cosponsored what's been called a personhood bill. which would declare legally that life begins once a human egg is fertilized. in other words, after conception. is this what republicans have in mind when they want to get rid of obama care and replace it with their own plan? kate michaelton and abby haberton. it seems to radical. talk about radical engineering to declare abortion basically murder. in an o
and according to the same poll, romney's up three in virginia. 48-44. those three states look a little different than other recent polls we've seen from those same states. so keep looking for these numbers. in colorado, by the way, the purple poll has president obama ahead 49-46. finally in new hampshire, university of new hampshire poll puts obama in front 49-46. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." mitt romney has moved to the right on abortion since his...
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mate only gives romney a small bump in the poll. is it better to have marco rubio on the campaign trail talking you up or do you want him as a vp? >> i think you want him, talking about his immigrant roots and how he's been able to succeed in the united states given where he's come from. but he's a young candidate, he's not been vetted. he doesn't have that brand recognition that you want from a vp. the fact that he can't solidify florida himself, i think it's much better to have him out there, across the state talking about his experience but bringing in a more mature candidate, maybe someone like mitch daniels. >> we heard earlier this week that mitch daniels would unplug the phone if he thought the call was coming. maria, thank you so much. >>> after decades of authoritarian rule, egyptians are voting en masse, choosing their president freely since hosni mubarak's resignation last spring. the polls opened up, but after a run-off, the winner won't be announced until june 21st. [ kate ] many women may not be properly absorbing the
mate only gives romney a small bump in the poll. is it better to have marco rubio on the campaign trail talking you up or do you want him as a vp? >> i think you want him, talking about his immigrant roots and how he's been able to succeed in the united states given where he's come from. but he's a young candidate, he's not been vetted. he doesn't have that brand recognition that you want from a vp. the fact that he can't solidify florida himself, i think it's much better to have him out...
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mitt romney. the president holds the same narrow 48% to 47% edge among likely voters in virginia. mr. obama holds a slightly wider lead in florida with support from 49% of likely voters compared to romney's 47%. >>> and an all-important ohio, our poll shows president obama holds a six-point lead over his republican rival with 51% to romney's 45%. nbc's tracie potts is in cincinnati, ohio with details on the candidate's final frantic day of campaigning. good morning to you. >> reporter: veronica, good morning. good morning, everyone. in ohio we are seeing that residents here are watching those polls. they know what the nation is saying about ohio. they are keenly wear of the importance of their vote and they're willing to stand in line for hours just to get a ballot. in cincinnati, the only line for early voting sunday wrapped around a whole city block. the wait, three hours. we found tony wilson at the back of the line. >> if you don't get it in, you can't complain later. you have to do your part.
mitt romney. the president holds the same narrow 48% to 47% edge among likely voters in virginia. mr. obama holds a slightly wider lead in florida with support from 49% of likely voters compared to romney's 47%. >>> and an all-important ohio, our poll shows president obama holds a six-point lead over his republican rival with 51% to romney's 45%. nbc's tracie potts is in cincinnati, ohio with details on the candidate's final frantic day of campaigning. good morning to you. >>...
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no problem. >>> the crucial swing voters, our poll shows president obama and mitt romney are neck-and-neck. the president holding a slim 47 to 44% lead over mitt romney among registered voters. among independents, the president also holds this similar slim lead. a large number 2, 4% still undecided. joining me now is journalist linda, author of "the swing vote." linda, it's great to have you back with me. you point out that there are more independents than democrats since world war ii. not all independents are swing voters. explain that. >> that's right. there's a lot of overlap between the two groups. 40% registered independents. swing voters are those voters who go back and forth between parties. and a poll out shows that one quarter of the electorate are persuadable, have not made up their minds for all these hundreds and millions of dollars that have been spent, negative ads, that one-quarter of the electorate are the swing voters. they probably won't decide until the fall. >> they don't come cheap. >> no, they don't come cheap. well, they are disgusted, frankly, with all of this money
no problem. >>> the crucial swing voters, our poll shows president obama and mitt romney are neck-and-neck. the president holding a slim 47 to 44% lead over mitt romney among registered voters. among independents, the president also holds this similar slim lead. a large number 2, 4% still undecided. joining me now is journalist linda, author of "the swing vote." linda, it's great to have you back with me. you point out that there are more independents than democrats since...
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well, mitt romney's hitting 50% in two different daily tracking polls. but the two swing state polls show it's a d
well, mitt romney's hitting 50% in two different daily tracking polls. but the two swing state polls show it's a d
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mitt romney's leading the latest alabama poll and just got an endorsement from mississippi's governor. asked why governor bryant said, because romney can win. lynn? >> tracie pots in washington, thanks. >>> the senate hasrejected a republican attempt to speed the approval of a pipeline from canada to texas. the vote to attach it to a must pass transportation bill fell just short of the 60 votes required needed to advance. president obama personally called and lobbied senators asking them to oppose it. earlier this year, the president put off the pipeline proposal which would ship oil from canada down to the gulf coast pending further environmental review. >>> yesterday in the house, members of congress debated a new republican proposal that would restrict abortion rights for women. last night on "the ed show" illinois democrat expressed surprise to host ed schultz that republicans continue to push bills that are clearly unpopular with women across the political spectrum. >> happy international women's day. the republicans are celebrating by doubling down on their war on women. it's ju
mitt romney's leading the latest alabama poll and just got an endorsement from mississippi's governor. asked why governor bryant said, because romney can win. lynn? >> tracie pots in washington, thanks. >>> the senate hasrejected a republican attempt to speed the approval of a pipeline from canada to texas. the vote to attach it to a must pass transportation bill fell just short of the 60 votes required needed to advance. president obama personally called and lobbied senators...
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if you look at the poll numbers right now with obama and romney neck and neck. clearly the ropz campaign understands what they are doing, which is what they need to be doing, focus on the issue. not chase down this rabbit, distraction on the part of the obama administration. no matter who says, what the romney campaign at the end of the day is the one that calls the shots on what they release to the people. what he's doing is working by talking about jobs in the economy. the latest poll numbers, all these negative attacks from the obama administration and planting this dirt out there with the media, it's not working. poll numbers are tightening. his negative multi-million dollars of negative ad campaigns, it's not working. the american people at the end of the day want someone with answers for the economy and not just mud to throw at their oppone opponent. >> let me bring in a.b. this retort i've heard all day from republicans, some of alice's colleagues this isn't working, this is a distraction, i don't know that gibes well when you have a series of conservativ
if you look at the poll numbers right now with obama and romney neck and neck. clearly the ropz campaign understands what they are doing, which is what they need to be doing, focus on the issue. not chase down this rabbit, distraction on the part of the obama administration. no matter who says, what the romney campaign at the end of the day is the one that calls the shots on what they release to the people. what he's doing is working by talking about jobs in the economy. the latest poll...
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mitt romney in the latest polling 24%. it is not just about immigration we see this regression, if these numbers are correct. >> it's not just about immigration. mitt romney walked into the selection with the latino vote up for grabs. had he made a case for the economy and education and small business talking directly to the latino voter, he would be ahead among the latino vote. in order to win the white house, tamron, you need at least 40% of the latino vote to make it to the white house, and he doesn't have a formula for that. if you look closely at what's happening in ohio, you have 150,000 voters there that are hispanic and you have virginia where mccain is leading there for the governor and has a sophisticated ground operation that helps obama and you have florida. you have over 100,000 registered democrats, more than republicans among the latino vote. >> let me play what presidential historian michael beshlav that was on this weekend. he talked about this divide and the electorate. let me play it. >> this country is
mitt romney in the latest polling 24%. it is not just about immigration we see this regression, if these numbers are correct. >> it's not just about immigration. mitt romney walked into the selection with the latino vote up for grabs. had he made a case for the economy and education and small business talking directly to the latino voter, he would be ahead among the latino vote. in order to win the white house, tamron, you need at least 40% of the latino vote to make it to the white...
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there's this new poll that is putting the president ahead of mitt romney nationally. now, within that same poll itself, it puts the president ahead of the governor on the issues of taxes, also on medicare, the two are tied on jobs. romney leading on one issue and one issue only, basically the budget and spending. in your latest argument or article, rather, you make the argument about mitt romney saying that voters don't need more mitt. what they need is core mitt. do you think we're going to see core mitt over these next three days because ohio being such a key battleground state that it is, that the president right now is leading, do you think that he can turn it around right now on this bus trip? >> you know, thomas, we keep expecting that he'll do that, and then he gets off and distracted on the latest flavor of the week or of the day. so he seems to be bouncing around and not giving a coherent cohesive message. this has been his problem throughout. now, the polls are continuing to edge more and more in obama's direction, particularly in the battleground states. bu
there's this new poll that is putting the president ahead of mitt romney nationally. now, within that same poll itself, it puts the president ahead of the governor on the issues of taxes, also on medicare, the two are tied on jobs. romney leading on one issue and one issue only, basically the budget and spending. in your latest argument or article, rather, you make the argument about mitt romney saying that voters don't need more mitt. what they need is core mitt. do you think we're going to...
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national polls are close. he's ahead. romney campaign insisting no. we have momentum. maybe we're not ahead yet but we're going to be. but do you buy this idea that you need this sort of perception that you can win in order to turn out last-minute voters? is this what this is about is trying to look like a winner because if you do that might mean extra votes? >> you just need to win. what we're encouraged by is that you're seeing romney rise significantly in a cross section of states that could add up to a substantial win in just a couple of weeks. i don't think it's a perception game. it's got to be a reality game because we're still far enough out that what's really going to come down is what you really got. we're seeing a lot of forward movement in places like iowa, in ohio, in nevada. even in wisconsin and i think all of that changes the electoral map and gives us an opportunity to pull it off. >> steve, we saw the fear factor ad coming from the obama campaign today. talking about that number of votes that swung florida in 2005. you have a positive narrative coming
national polls are close. he's ahead. romney campaign insisting no. we have momentum. maybe we're not ahead yet but we're going to be. but do you buy this idea that you need this sort of perception that you can win in order to turn out last-minute voters? is this what this is about is trying to look like a winner because if you do that might mean extra votes? >> you just need to win. what we're encouraged by is that you're seeing romney rise significantly in a cross section of states that...
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according to a state university poll, rick santorum leads the republican poll in alabama with 23% support, but that's only 4 points above mitt romney. that's a statistical tie, in fact, when you bring in the margin of error. newt gingrich hanging around at 14%. in mississippi governor phil bryant putting his support behind mitt romney, the latest in a strong of endorsement from influential southern republicans including alabama's former governor and mississippi's lieutenant governor. governor bryant cited romney's chances in the general election as his reason for support. with the polls tight in the south the super pac supporting rick santorum making a big ad buy in both mississippi and alabama, the spot you see here goes after mitt romney saying he makes the same decisions as president obama. >>> santorum also going after newt gingrich there for dividing the conservative votes. santorum insists he could win the nomination if there were only one alternative to mitt romney. >> if you go out and work for us on tuesday, if you go out and deliver a conservative victory for us on tuesday, this
according to a state university poll, rick santorum leads the republican poll in alabama with 23% support, but that's only 4 points above mitt romney. that's a statistical tie, in fact, when you bring in the margin of error. newt gingrich hanging around at 14%. in mississippi governor phil bryant putting his support behind mitt romney, the latest in a strong of endorsement from influential southern republicans including alabama's former governor and mississippi's lieutenant governor. governor...
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romney by four full points heading into the conventions suggesting that romney maybe didn't get much of a bounce from his vp selection of ryan. other polls show slightly different results. you're looking at an obama lead of one or two points. that's what it's been for a few months now. does any of this come as a surprise when you consider the state of the economy and unemployment well above 8%? you think obama might be doing worse than this. why is he outperforming himself? in the guest spot, the number cruncher who set out to answer that question. john sides from george washington university and the co-author of the ebook spb the gam double." he's the author of a great blauth monkey cage. check it out if you want to learn anything about the presidential race. thanks for joining us. i want to start by having you explain your research because i read the first chapter of your book and you really get into this. i'd love for you to explain it to people. you looked at presidents going back six decades, measures approval rating against the economy. tell us what you found out about obama by
romney by four full points heading into the conventions suggesting that romney maybe didn't get much of a bounce from his vp selection of ryan. other polls show slightly different results. you're looking at an obama lead of one or two points. that's what it's been for a few months now. does any of this come as a surprise when you consider the state of the economy and unemployment well above 8%? you think obama might be doing worse than this. why is he outperforming himself? in the guest spot,...
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our poll shows obama beats romney 70% to 25% among latinos. romney sits 57% negative rating among latino voters. states like practice, nevada, colorado, why dolla teen owes distrust governor romney so much. >> you know, it goes back -- that -- the latino population is generally speaking part of the democratic base. and so what we are trying to do, obviously is reach out to all americans. no matter what they are -- ethnic back ground is and bring them aboard and have done a fine job. clearly, when you go into the very, very core of democratic base the toughest sell you have. they are very much loyal to that party and to the president. i think the key is that we are bring something aboard and our message important them as well as it is for all americans and that is we offer an opportunity for jobs. >> george w. bush won 40% of latino vote in 2004. so they are not completely loyal to one side. it shows there is room for growth. how come governor romney can't do that? >> we are doing everything we can. our message is clearly resonating with americ
our poll shows obama beats romney 70% to 25% among latinos. romney sits 57% negative rating among latino voters. states like practice, nevada, colorado, why dolla teen owes distrust governor romney so much. >> you know, it goes back -- that -- the latino population is generally speaking part of the democratic base. and so what we are trying to do, obviously is reach out to all americans. no matter what they are -- ethnic back ground is and bring them aboard and have done a fine job....
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are showing this, the romney campaign is playing defense. and, if you look at what happened in the month of july, the romney campaign had to play defense the entire month of july on the tax question. and now they are going to have to be playing defense on the ryan pick because of all of the controversial things he has done not just on medicare but whole list of other things, and you know, as we begin to focus, you -- the obama campaign in which i schi a very, very smart, sophisticated campaign. they have been on the offense and they have a lot of material to work with and that we haven't seen about the ryan plan yet. forget about the cuts in medicare. if just look at the voucher plan, medicare cannot survive as a voucher plan because the economics don't work when you take the healthy people out of this system. if you look at what ryan has done in terms of his proposal to balance the budget, 30 years from now, almost entirely on the backs of poor people fushgs l,ue last ten years, there's so much material here for the democrats to work on. ev
are showing this, the romney campaign is playing defense. and, if you look at what happened in the month of july, the romney campaign had to play defense the entire month of july on the tax question. and now they are going to have to be playing defense on the ryan pick because of all of the controversial things he has done not just on medicare but whole list of other things, and you know, as we begin to focus, you -- the obama campaign in which i schi a very, very smart, sophisticated campaign....
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the president, a 47-point lead there, confirming what a lot of other polls have shown. he beats romney by 26 points among younger voters. women and independents back the president. also by a double digit margin. those are troubling numbers for mitt romney. he's also far behind when it comes to the perception of being easy going, if you're interested in that. caring about average people. and looking out for the middle class. here in boston, the romney campaign is gearing up for the fall election with a new push to hire staff, raise money, and to reach out to some of those voters they're losing at the moment. this morning's "new york times" profiles the campaign headquarter here's on the outskirts of boston's north end, not far from where we are at fenway. hundreds of additional employees will be added to the space in the coming weeks, as is custom when you make the turn to a general election. new offices will be opening in as many as 16 battleground states with a plan to get the candidate's family more involved on the trail. then there's the question of potential running
the president, a 47-point lead there, confirming what a lot of other polls have shown. he beats romney by 26 points among younger voters. women and independents back the president. also by a double digit margin. those are troubling numbers for mitt romney. he's also far behind when it comes to the perception of being easy going, if you're interested in that. caring about average people. and looking out for the middle class. here in boston, the romney campaign is gearing up for the fall election...
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a poll among lely voters tha has mitt romney down eig poin. trinlin t state, all the polls, obama is way, internal polling has obama ahead in the mid to high single digits. today ohio does not look the same as florida, for example. florida looks like a true toss up. colodoksik as. nevada. ohio, by the numbers does not and i would say and we've talked about this, without ohio there are scenarios mitt romney can be elect elected president in terms of winning 0 electoral votes. needshi o n td a way in some combination of wisconsin, iowa, michigan or pennsylvania. >> before i let you go, jeff, jump in here a well. paul ryan s spoken out on that incredible missed call at the end of the ckers/seawks . nfs sgytand by the call, at least roger goodell is under a lot of pressure. this is paul ryan in cincinnati. >> going to start off on something that was really troubling that occurred last night. did you guys wch tt packer game lasni i mean, give me a break. it is time to get the real refs -- >> he went on to make a point, critical of president obama.
a poll among lely voters tha has mitt romney down eig poin. trinlin t state, all the polls, obama is way, internal polling has obama ahead in the mid to high single digits. today ohio does not look the same as florida, for example. florida looks like a true toss up. colodoksik as. nevada. ohio, by the numbers does not and i would say and we've talked about this, without ohio there are scenarios mitt romney can be elect elected president in terms of winning 0 electoral votes. needshi o n td a...
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. >> romney, informal adviser, chris kobach comparing gays to poll i sxhi drug abuse. after this line the committee reaffirmed their stance on gay marriage and rejected a motion to recognize civil unions. in their platform they made their voter suppression campaign formal and adding pro-voter i.d. and proof of citizenship at his behest. and adopt ad ban on foreign law after he complained of the threat of shariah law. we told you about their wildish strict anti-abortion. no exceptions policy. they are trying to roll back progress with women's rights, voting rights, and gay rights. this is the gop platform. this is your republican product. joining me now is alicia menendez, hufling ton post live host -- huffington post live. you this for bog the show tonight. >> thanks. >> what do you think about chris kobach and the gop platform? >> at least now we know who is leading the gop. there was a lot of talk about whether or not the anti-immigrant amendments were actually going to make it in even some members of the gop saying that they were too extreme, too far to the right, a
. >> romney, informal adviser, chris kobach comparing gays to poll i sxhi drug abuse. after this line the committee reaffirmed their stance on gay marriage and rejected a motion to recognize civil unions. in their platform they made their voter suppression campaign formal and adding pro-voter i.d. and proof of citizenship at his behest. and adopt ad ban on foreign law after he complained of the threat of shariah law. we told you about their wildish strict anti-abortion. no exceptions...
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new polls out this weekend that show the president erasing romney's lead on the economy and voters believe democrats will do a better job on medicare than republicans. that's do in large part to, a, the the democratic convention and the democrats having a unified message but the fact that the obama campaign has had months, they've been winding up on the pitcher's mound for months as if the romney campaign is surprised they're even at bat here. >> i would disagree that romney was able to coast through the primaries or didn't have to work hard. he had to work really hard at appearing conservative which doesn't come naturally to him. didn't have to focus on the things he was going to need in a general election. the lack of specifics wasn't an afterthought. that was the plan. all along was to run on nothing and to run against obama and to have nothing of your own, you had to defend but to blame blame blame. that hasn't worked. it's a credit to the voters who we don't give credit to that they're paying eattention, what do you got? the answer nothing. we're going to tell -- nothing that we're go
new polls out this weekend that show the president erasing romney's lead on the economy and voters believe democrats will do a better job on medicare than republicans. that's do in large part to, a, the the democratic convention and the democrats having a unified message but the fact that the obama campaign has had months, they've been winding up on the pitcher's mound for months as if the romney campaign is surprised they're even at bat here. >> i would disagree that romney was able to...
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the recent polling showing governor romney leading there. what, if anything, can the president do to close the gap in a state that seems to be leaning toward mitt romney? >> sure. great to be with you, by the way, thomas. first of all, in three of the last five polls that came out down here, the president's ahead, but there are a lot of things that are going in the presidents -- that are working in the president's favor. first of all, there are 500,000 more registered democrats in florida than there are registered republicans. we have seen that the president is doing five times better in early voting this time than he did four years ago. the hispanic voter registration is up by 195,000 and only 18,000 of those registered as republicans. that, together with the incredible ground game. 106 field offices around the state, the president's good shape to win the state of florida. >> as we talk about the president's xhefrnts to the des moines register in which he wins the second term it will be due in large part to republicans and governor romney a
the recent polling showing governor romney leading there. what, if anything, can the president do to close the gap in a state that seems to be leaning toward mitt romney? >> sure. great to be with you, by the way, thomas. first of all, in three of the last five polls that came out down here, the president's ahead, but there are a lot of things that are going in the presidents -- that are working in the president's favor. first of all, there are 500,000 more registered democrats in florida...
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but one thing to say is i trust the nbc polls, i trust cbs's polls. i don't trust a lot of fly by night organizations that i haven't heard of before. this go around all campaign and get averaged in, saying gee, romney is doing well. take nevada. mark marn el who called the race in 2010 has done two different polls in nfr. one showing the president six ahead. one showing the president eight ahead. john ral ston, best reporter out there, says the president will win nevada. it is not a one or two-point race. >> it has 20 t.o do with young people, nafr americans and we don't pick up the phone. if you are undersampling -- >> which is why the president made appeals. i interviewed him this morning and he was directly appealing it people to come out. let me play you a clip of what he said. >> well you know, what we are happy about is the enthusiasm we see in voters. there was a lot of talk during the course of this election is that maybe the folks who are trying to get me out of office would be more enthusiastic about the folks who want it keep me there. but
but one thing to say is i trust the nbc polls, i trust cbs's polls. i don't trust a lot of fly by night organizations that i haven't heard of before. this go around all campaign and get averaged in, saying gee, romney is doing well. take nevada. mark marn el who called the race in 2010 has done two different polls in nfr. one showing the president six ahead. one showing the president eight ahead. john ral ston, best reporter out there, says the president will win nevada. it is not a one or...
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plus, where will romney be when the results of those polls begin to come in. will he be in coin flip races in places like ohio, iowa and wisconsin? where will the president's number be? still sitting at 49 or 50 or have fallen down to 47, 48? national tracks are one thing. battleground states are another. tuesday, romney stumps virginia, then ohio with chris christie in cuyahoga falls. in three straight rallies in florida, he recounted his memories of a 14-year-old boy, david, that he befriended with leukemia. >> i sat down next to him and he said what happens next? and i spoke with him about what i believe happens next. clear eyes, full heart, can't lose. david can't lose. i love the greatness of the soul of the american people. >> david's parents, members of romney's congregation, spoke at the convention. it's one of those things that you a lot of people have been saying romney needs to do. his sons have been doing it. ann's been doing it, but now, mitt romney himself starting to incorporate some of the personal stories in some of the things he did as head o
plus, where will romney be when the results of those polls begin to come in. will he be in coin flip races in places like ohio, iowa and wisconsin? where will the president's number be? still sitting at 49 or 50 or have fallen down to 47, 48? national tracks are one thing. battleground states are another. tuesday, romney stumps virginia, then ohio with chris christie in cuyahoga falls. in three straight rallies in florida, he recounted his memories of a 14-year-old boy, david, that he...
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we've seen polls where governor romney is up. we've seen polls that are tied. we've seen polls that have us a couple of points down. i think it is essentially an extremely close race that's going to come down to the wire but we feel very good. if you take a look at what's happening on the ground in virginia with the early vote. one thing that people need to start paying attention to is where the early votes are coming in in northern virginia, right outside of washington, d.c. we've seen the democrat participation in those counts has gone down since 2008 and we've actually ours go up. so that's going to be something that everybody should watch out for over the next couple of days. >> let's talk about quickly, early voting here in florida. yesterday we were in miami, today we're in gainesville, in-person early voting started in the sunshine state and i've got to tell you based on the folks i've talked to. based on what i've seen. the gop appears to be in real trouble when it comes to early in-person voting. why is that? >> we're ahead of the obama campaign in abs
we've seen polls where governor romney is up. we've seen polls that are tied. we've seen polls that have us a couple of points down. i think it is essentially an extremely close race that's going to come down to the wire but we feel very good. if you take a look at what's happening on the ground in virginia with the early vote. one thing that people need to start paying attention to is where the early votes are coming in in northern virginia, right outside of washington, d.c. we've seen the...
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in the same poll, president obama leads mitt romney in his ndlif e ecomy ill estat. 51% of polled voters say the president would do the better job. >> okay, let's go back to the last slide, guys. and mark halperin, let's talk to you. i know you agree with me that the media is liberal. guess what? republicans have someh managed to win dpitehat a raas you've said it repeatedly on this show. so despite that fact, mitt romney is not getting crushed in all three of these states because of the liberal media bias. what's hapning the, and why is he lingoba especially in oh? >> well, it's very unlikely the president will win those states by those margins, but these numbers are not out of line dramatically with private polling and some other public polling. i think the biggest problem rit now remains him. he's not driving asient mee. the president does -- says something, the republicans get all excited about it. they treat it like a gaffe. they'll talk about it for a day. and then they'll move on to something else. the biggest danger to me right now for the republican party are two things. one is
in the same poll, president obama leads mitt romney in his ndlif e ecomy ill estat. 51% of polled voters say the president would do the better job. >> okay, let's go back to the last slide, guys. and mark halperin, let's talk to you. i know you agree with me that the media is liberal. guess what? republicans have someh managed to win dpitehat a raas you've said it repeatedly on this show. so despite that fact, mitt romney is not getting crushed in all three of these states because of the...
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we're coming out with new polls right afterwards. and what they show is that there has been some movement in mitt romney's direction since his debate performance last week. but not a whole lot. so in the state of virginia which actually had their biggest movement, president obama last week was up two points, 48% to 46%. now it's mitt romney at 1%, 48%, 47% and this is all in the margin of error. in florida, it's president obama went in to the debate last week up 1% in the state. he remains up 1%, 48% to 47%. and in ohio, the last week right before the debate, he was leading mitt romney by eight points. now it's six points, 51% to 45%. >> so we're seeing some of the shift after the debate, although it's not a significant shift in numbers. but how is the white house reacting to the new numbers coming out? >> i think they're pretty comforted by them. they see that mitt romney was able to make some marginal gains but nothing that substantially transformed the race. now, of course, they need a good debate performance from joe biden tonigh
we're coming out with new polls right afterwards. and what they show is that there has been some movement in mitt romney's direction since his debate performance last week. but not a whole lot. so in the state of virginia which actually had their biggest movement, president obama last week was up two points, 48% to 46%. now it's mitt romney at 1%, 48%, 47% and this is all in the margin of error. in florida, it's president obama went in to the debate last week up 1% in the state. he remains up...
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this is the second poll that shows mitt romney behind outside the margin of error in ohio. >> the poll shows the president leading by a slim five-point margin, 49%-44% among likely voters. a big part of mr. obama's advantage in the buckeye state has to do with early voting. among those who have already cast their ballot, president obama leads mitt romney by a 2-1 margin. 60%-30% according to this poll. among those who have yet to vote, "time" magazine has it dead even, 45%-45%. and also the recent cbs news poll out earlier this week showed the president with a five-point lead in ohio, 50%-45%. >> let's put up the "time" poll, 49%-44%. it's coming. if you're, john heilemann, a month out and it's 49%-44%, i would call that a close race. if you are 12 days out and you're behind five points in consecutive polls, i'd say, you know what? it's kind of an uphill lift. if you are mitt romney running against barack obama's get-out-the-vote machine, i would say five points looks more like a mountain than a mole hill. we're getting to the point now that if these polls don't start closing to two or
this is the second poll that shows mitt romney behind outside the margin of error in ohio. >> the poll shows the president leading by a slim five-point margin, 49%-44% among likely voters. a big part of mr. obama's advantage in the buckeye state has to do with early voting. among those who have already cast their ballot, president obama leads mitt romney by a 2-1 margin. 60%-30% according to this poll. among those who have yet to vote, "time" magazine has it dead even, 45%-45%....
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what's your countermessage if you're on the romney campaign? >> there's a lot of campaigning that needs to be done. we need to double down on our efforts. it's good to see the president's going to ohio, announcing measures against china that deals directly with the auto industry. that's smart politics, reinforce and double down where you have your strength. don't cede any ground to the republicans. it's time to double down and stay focused on the points that you can drive home, that you've done a good job for the economy. >> is it good to take that message that the romney campaign is pushing with regard to china not being strong with that country? >> the romney campaign has no credibility on foreign policy. it's been obvious. as i said over the weekend, i don't want to really beat up on him because americans died. but he has no credibility on foreign policy. he stumbled when he went to london. he had a bad week in foreign policy. he has no credibility here. this is the president of the united states talking. particularly when he talks on auto i
what's your countermessage if you're on the romney campaign? >> there's a lot of campaigning that needs to be done. we need to double down on our efforts. it's good to see the president's going to ohio, announcing measures against china that deals directly with the auto industry. that's smart politics, reinforce and double down where you have your strength. don't cede any ground to the republicans. it's time to double down and stay focused on the points that you can drive home, that...
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romney leading the president by one point. you want to throw in the hypothetical matchup and you add marco rubio as the vp pick. then it flips. just by a point. republican ticket leading over president obama and vice president biden. what do you make of these numbers? what does that tell you about a possible romney/rubio ticket? basically, do we need to be talking about this combination? should we not? >> well, look, yank it says much at all because either way that's a tie. one point a tie in both directions. despite that mitt romney said he's -- thoroughly vetting marco rubio, between don't see much evidence that marco rub wroe is very high up on the list. he is not campaigning with mitt romney really. we haven't seen what they are -- relationship is like in the chemistry they have. i would say marco rubio is still very unlikely as potential running mate for mitt romney. >> you guys sit tight. must reads for esteemed victory panel coming up next. ♪ [ male announcer ] ok, so you're no marathon man. but thanks to the htc one
romney leading the president by one point. you want to throw in the hypothetical matchup and you add marco rubio as the vp pick. then it flips. just by a point. republican ticket leading over president obama and vice president biden. what do you make of these numbers? what does that tell you about a possible romney/rubio ticket? basically, do we need to be talking about this combination? should we not? >> well, look, yank it says much at all because either way that's a tie. one point a...
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mitt romney's favorable rating is 47%. gingrich's is 47% favorable. this seems, to me, to be a problem for mitt romney. he's been running for president much longer than rick santorum and had more time to become favorable to these voters and republican voters in particular. yet, here you have in the states today republicans leaving their homes to go somewhere to vote for someone other than mitt romney. >> yeah. that's the point that i would make here, lawrence. perhaps steve schmidt is right about the inevitablity of mitt romney, but mitt romney is still one of the weakest if not the weakest front-runner for a party nomination i've seen in all the years i've been covering politics. i think it's been true that's true for the last half century at least. he may be the inevitable, but he's the weakest inevitable i've seen. even though missouri, for example, was quote a beauty pageant and no delegates were directly at stake, the fact that rick santorum -- the numbers for rick santorum are lessig tonight than the numbers for mitt romney. right now 25% in mis
mitt romney's favorable rating is 47%. gingrich's is 47% favorable. this seems, to me, to be a problem for mitt romney. he's been running for president much longer than rick santorum and had more time to become favorable to these voters and republican voters in particular. yet, here you have in the states today republicans leaving their homes to go somewhere to vote for someone other than mitt romney. >> yeah. that's the point that i would make here, lawrence. perhaps steve schmidt is...
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now, he wants to give more tax breaks to companies that are shipping jobs overseas. >> and a new poll commissioned by the nonpartisan alliance for american manufacturing finds that 83% have an unfavorable opinion of companies that outsource. 97% hold a favorable view of goods made right here in the u.s. of a. let's turn to chuck, a democratic strategist. good to have you with us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> is it effective for president obama to make this direct link between mitt romney's business experience and what he would do if he were president of the united states? is there a connection? >> i couldn't agree with you more. that may be one of the best ads i have ever seen in my entire political career. here's why. as you know, i grew up in east texas and was fortunate to go to work in a factory when i was 19 years old. there were 1,000 men and women including my father, my uncles and a a lot of kids i grew up with. in 1962, they opened the factory there. five years ago, they shut the factory down. when they walked through the factory handing out pink slips, they didn't ask
now, he wants to give more tax breaks to companies that are shipping jobs overseas. >> and a new poll commissioned by the nonpartisan alliance for american manufacturing finds that 83% have an unfavorable opinion of companies that outsource. 97% hold a favorable view of goods made right here in the u.s. of a. let's turn to chuck, a democratic strategist. good to have you with us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> is it effective for president obama to make this direct link...
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the latest poll there shows a virtual dead heat. 46 for obama, 45 romney. tell me about florida. >> well, of course, florida with its 29 electoral votes always see. we know that this is always close. it's going to be close again. the president is going to make a real big push there. of course, it's a big tv state where you have to advertise because it's so big. there are so many expensive markets. so we're going to see the president on air there. a couple points to look at. the improved economy in florida kind of a double-edged sword. there's a republican governor who has tried to claim the economy has gotten better. i think most would lean to saying mitt romney is the favorite and he has to win florida. it's hard to see mitt romney's path to the presidency without winning the sunshine state. you also look at something like this voting rights issue, governor scott got a little bit of a victory over the weekend when the department of homeland security allowed them to be able to see the citizenship database they have there. >> we're used to seeing ohio and fl
the latest poll there shows a virtual dead heat. 46 for obama, 45 romney. tell me about florida. >> well, of course, florida with its 29 electoral votes always see. we know that this is always close. it's going to be close again. the president is going to make a real big push there. of course, it's a big tv state where you have to advertise because it's so big. there are so many expensive markets. so we're going to see the president on air there. a couple points to look at. the improved...
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let's compare that to romney and gingrich. where romney had 47% favorability, gingrich, 47% favorable. 48% unfavorable. what does this mean for gingrich going forward? is this sending a real message to him that santorum can take all three of these states, although he is the apparent winner in colorado, what is this going to mean for gingrich? >> well, for newt gingrich, i don't think it means anything because he doesn't really listen to anyone but the talk going on inside of his head. and i actually mean that quite seriously. he's made it very clear that his goal is to stay in. now, the challenge that gingrich will have, again, going back to what is it going to take moving forward? money. so the challenge is, you know, santorum now has a very good narrative that he can go to some of the larger donors and make his case for why he should be the guy to take on romney and then try to then take on president obama. gingrich's argument for that is getting, you know, he's only won south carolina. so that becomes a much more difficult
let's compare that to romney and gingrich. where romney had 47% favorability, gingrich, 47% favorable. 48% unfavorable. what does this mean for gingrich going forward? is this sending a real message to him that santorum can take all three of these states, although he is the apparent winner in colorado, what is this going to mean for gingrich? >> well, for newt gingrich, i don't think it means anything because he doesn't really listen to anyone but the talk going on inside of his head. and...
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and then let's look at the same poll about romney's support. now, yes, he has the support of republican women. 85% of republican women are saying they support mitt romney. but even among white women where in every poll i've seen previous to this, he was at least at 50%. he is now even among white women, among women over 50 and among married women well under that 50% rate. and so, again, overall you end up with this enormous gap between obama and romney. >> i want to add to rebecca's point about the idea of the women sigh a little harder. this week when we heard so many lies, there was a defense that said well, we're talking about a fund mental disagreement about the role of government. so here's something that was not based on a lie but is based on a misconception. this idea when she says we sigh a little harder, it's this idea that women are always going to have it harder, as if you acknowledge disparity, that's enough, okay, the women, i'm with you. if you say that things are harder, then that's enough as opposed to a serious set of policy pr
and then let's look at the same poll about romney's support. now, yes, he has the support of republican women. 85% of republican women are saying they support mitt romney. but even among white women where in every poll i've seen previous to this, he was at least at 50%. he is now even among white women, among women over 50 and among married women well under that 50% rate. and so, again, overall you end up with this enormous gap between obama and romney. >> i want to add to rebecca's point...
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. >> romney needs to change the message. >> if you look at the polls, if you look at the national polls or state polls, all of this stuff that you and i talk about 15 times a day doesn't appear to be happening or it doesn't appear to have allowed the president to get any separation from romney. >> chuck, does it matter when he makes this announcement? >> as soon as he can take this bain story off the front page, the better it is for mitt romney. i talked to voters in battleground states through the work i do every day. let's take my sister, for example in, florida. she's in a housing complex. people are struggling every day. when they see the bain attacks and talk about money being oversea wlz it's in bermuda or swiss, these people in the housing complexes, they can't even point that out on a map. he needs to pick somebody who can relate with blue collar workers and that i bain thing off the front page of the newspaper if he's going to have any chance of being a president. >> do you think there is a pick that obama campaign would least like to see? is there anybody they think would real
. >> romney needs to change the message. >> if you look at the polls, if you look at the national polls or state polls, all of this stuff that you and i talk about 15 times a day doesn't appear to be happening or it doesn't appear to have allowed the president to get any separation from romney. >> chuck, does it matter when he makes this announcement? >> as soon as he can take this bain story off the front page, the better it is for mitt romney. i talked to voters in...